# How to setup AI chat

**URL:** https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-to-setup-ai-chat/7659
**Category:** Gramps Web
**Created:** [May 10, 2025, 9:52am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-to-setup-ai-chat/7659 "2025-05-10T09:52:46Z")
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### Author: ![u71536](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/u71536/32/6935_2.png) [@u71536](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/u71536)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2025, 9:52am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-to-setup-ai-chat/7659/1 "2025-05-10T09:52:46Z")

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Gramps 6.0.1  
Gramps Web API 3.0.0  
Gramps Web Frontend 25.5.1  
Gramps QL 0.4.0  
Sifts 1.0.0  
locale: en  
multi-tree: false  
task queue: true  
OCR: true  
chat: false

I installed it through 1-Click App in DigitalOcean but I can’t find config and env files, or config.js file to make some updates

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### Author: ![DavidMStraub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/davidmstraub/32/7_2.png) [@DavidMStraub](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/DavidMStraub)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-to-setup-ai-chat/7659/2 "2025-05-10T10:54:53Z")

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`/opt/grampsweb` is the location of the docker compose file.

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#### Post date: [May 10, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-to-setup-ai-chat/7659/3 "2025-05-10T11:22:56Z")

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I see the file but don’t see  
services:  
ollama:  
image: ollama/ollama  
container\_name: ollama  
ports:  
- “11434:11434”  
volumes:  
- ollama\_data:/root/.ollama

volumes:  
ollama\_data:

should I add it?

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### Author: ![codefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@codefarmer](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/codefarmer)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-to-setup-ai-chat/7659/4 "2025-05-10T13:36:40Z")

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In case you haven’t found the docs yet: [Setting up AI chat - Gramps Web](https://www.grampsweb.org/install_setup/chat/)

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### Author: ![DavidMStraub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/davidmstraub/32/7_2.png) [@DavidMStraub](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/DavidMStraub)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-to-setup-ai-chat/7659/5 "2025-05-10T19:06:22Z")

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Because the DO one-click app doesn’t have AI chat preconfigured. You have to set it up yourself. But if you want to use Ollama, I hope your researched the resource requirements in advance. A VM that is powerful enough for Ollama will be quite expensive.